Steven A. McLeod v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Steven A. McLeod, a Florida state prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of his complaint, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On appeal, McLeod argues that the district court erred in dismissing his claims for failure to comply with a court order to amend his complaint and for failure to provide a complete statement of his prior litigation. He argues that he did not have to comply with the court order because his first amended complaint contained a claim for deliberate indifference to a serious medical need in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the…